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Newspaper of the University of Southern California
SPECIA EDITIO
Monday May 4,1992 Vol. CXVII, No. 67
Peace restored to city, USC
Evacuations unite Trojans
University
almost unhurt by the riots
By Mike Carlson
Managing Editor
The university campus has suffered minimal damage from the riots of the past three days, University Security officials said Sunday.
The efforts of all university agencies and officials — from security to Physical Plant to President Sample — have resulted in a very low number of injuries to students and little property damage to off-campus apartments.
The campus has suffered only two minor fires, one extinguished by Security, the other put out by a student.
Eleven students have been injured or arrested in the rioting, Security reports said. No students have been injured seriously, but a local man was shot in the leg on Exposition Boulevard in front of Parkside Apartments
(See Campus, page 8)
University area suffers damage / 2
Edward Slaget / Dally Trojan
Fires burning in South Central Los Angeles were seen from the sixth floor of Parkside Apartments.
on campus
By George Stankow
Staff Writer
After violence erupted in Los Angeles Wednesday and spread Thursday, the university moved students from off-campus housing to safer facilities on campus.
Everyone in the North University Park area and Parkside Apartments was moved into the center of campus, either to Birnkrant, Webb Tower or the Lyon Center Thursday evening.
While many students took the opportunity to leave the university completely, some stayed, either because they felt it was too dangerous or they did not have the means to leave.
"I didn't think that would be wise, to have (friends) pick me up," said Farah Divanbeigi, a graduate student in the School of Dentistry. She was moved out of Parkside to the Lyon Center on Thursday night and then into Webb Tower on Friday.
Divanbeigi stayed in her own room Wednesday night, where the police told her to keep away from the windows. Since Park-(See Evacuations, page 10)
Administration issues revised exam policy
By Janet Cavallo
Assistant City Editor
Final examinations cancelled last Thursday and Friday may be rescheduled for May 9 and May 10, according to administration policy released Sunday afternoon. The policy applies to the entire university with the exception of the Law Center.
Professors must adopt, at their discretion, one of the following two options for each course by May 5 at 11 a.m., according to the official policy, released by the Provost's Office.
The professor may administer the exam Saturday or Sunday, or the professor may cancel the exam altogether and issue a grade based on each student's course performance without the final exam grade, according to the policy. In the latter case, the student may request a make-up exam or other work to raise the course grade.
Final examinations for May 4 through 7 will be held as scheduled, according to the policy.
Students may also opt to not take their final exam Monday through Thursday. In that case, the professor will issue a "no report" to the registrar and will then determine one of three options for the student to follow.
The professor may schedule a make-up exam to be administered in late August or early September, require alternative makeup work, such as a paper, or issue a grade based on the student's accumulated course work thus far.
The above three options also apply to stu-(See Schedule, page 9)
Students protest finals schedule
By Janet Cavallo
Assistant City Editor
As about 75 students gathered around Tommy Trojan Sunday at 3:00 p.m. to participate in a rally organized that morning by students worried about finals, copies of the just-released administrative policy were distributed.
The initial reaction by those gathered was dissatisfaction.
"It's nice to see they've made some effort to serve the students but the policy leaves too much up to the professor," said Dayna North, a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism.
Indeed, a major concern was that options were at the discretion of the professor, not the student.
"These are fine if we had the option to change one word — 'professor' — to 'student'," said Jason Roe, a sophomore majoring in business.
Some students felt they were unable to adequately prepare for finals.
The libraries were evacuated Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. and remained closed throughout the weekend with a few exceptions. College Library was reopened Saturday and other libraries were opened for limited hours on Sunday.
"I had papers due and no resources. It doesn't do me any good to have College (library) open. Tlie university isn't doing enough to help us finish finals," said Becky Rapchik, a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism and East Asian language studies.
Students unable to change departure plans are concerned about tak-
Edward Slagel / Dally Trojan
About 75 students rallied to either cancel finals or make exams optional.
ing finals in August, or accepting their current grade in the course.
"The university is expecting too much from the students," said Liz Torres, an undeclared freshman. Torres' flight home to Mexico City cannot be changed because there are no open flights until May 20, she said.
Other students felt that concern for the community was more important than concern for finals.
"We could leam more by helping clean up than studying for our finals. This is a historic event," said Saro Se-pilian, a junior majoring in accounting.
"The message the university is
sending out with this policy is that nothing happened, is that everything is all right. It's not the right message to be sending to the community," said Onna Burleson, a senior majoring in chemical engineering.
"If finals were cancelled, we could sign up for community cleanup in place of taking finals," Burleson said.
The rally was organized by Will Hammond, a junior majoring in business and resident of Regal Trojan, after he realized many people were as angry as he was about final exams.
"My building was shut down for three days. I stayed with friends but I (See Finals, page 10)

Newspaper of the University of Southern California
SPECIA EDITIO
Monday May 4,1992 Vol. CXVII, No. 67
Peace restored to city, USC
Evacuations unite Trojans
University
almost unhurt by the riots
By Mike Carlson
Managing Editor
The university campus has suffered minimal damage from the riots of the past three days, University Security officials said Sunday.
The efforts of all university agencies and officials — from security to Physical Plant to President Sample — have resulted in a very low number of injuries to students and little property damage to off-campus apartments.
The campus has suffered only two minor fires, one extinguished by Security, the other put out by a student.
Eleven students have been injured or arrested in the rioting, Security reports said. No students have been injured seriously, but a local man was shot in the leg on Exposition Boulevard in front of Parkside Apartments
(See Campus, page 8)
University area suffers damage / 2
Edward Slaget / Dally Trojan
Fires burning in South Central Los Angeles were seen from the sixth floor of Parkside Apartments.
on campus
By George Stankow
Staff Writer
After violence erupted in Los Angeles Wednesday and spread Thursday, the university moved students from off-campus housing to safer facilities on campus.
Everyone in the North University Park area and Parkside Apartments was moved into the center of campus, either to Birnkrant, Webb Tower or the Lyon Center Thursday evening.
While many students took the opportunity to leave the university completely, some stayed, either because they felt it was too dangerous or they did not have the means to leave.
"I didn't think that would be wise, to have (friends) pick me up," said Farah Divanbeigi, a graduate student in the School of Dentistry. She was moved out of Parkside to the Lyon Center on Thursday night and then into Webb Tower on Friday.
Divanbeigi stayed in her own room Wednesday night, where the police told her to keep away from the windows. Since Park-(See Evacuations, page 10)
Administration issues revised exam policy
By Janet Cavallo
Assistant City Editor
Final examinations cancelled last Thursday and Friday may be rescheduled for May 9 and May 10, according to administration policy released Sunday afternoon. The policy applies to the entire university with the exception of the Law Center.
Professors must adopt, at their discretion, one of the following two options for each course by May 5 at 11 a.m., according to the official policy, released by the Provost's Office.
The professor may administer the exam Saturday or Sunday, or the professor may cancel the exam altogether and issue a grade based on each student's course performance without the final exam grade, according to the policy. In the latter case, the student may request a make-up exam or other work to raise the course grade.
Final examinations for May 4 through 7 will be held as scheduled, according to the policy.
Students may also opt to not take their final exam Monday through Thursday. In that case, the professor will issue a "no report" to the registrar and will then determine one of three options for the student to follow.
The professor may schedule a make-up exam to be administered in late August or early September, require alternative makeup work, such as a paper, or issue a grade based on the student's accumulated course work thus far.
The above three options also apply to stu-(See Schedule, page 9)
Students protest finals schedule
By Janet Cavallo
Assistant City Editor
As about 75 students gathered around Tommy Trojan Sunday at 3:00 p.m. to participate in a rally organized that morning by students worried about finals, copies of the just-released administrative policy were distributed.
The initial reaction by those gathered was dissatisfaction.
"It's nice to see they've made some effort to serve the students but the policy leaves too much up to the professor," said Dayna North, a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism.
Indeed, a major concern was that options were at the discretion of the professor, not the student.
"These are fine if we had the option to change one word — 'professor' — to 'student'," said Jason Roe, a sophomore majoring in business.
Some students felt they were unable to adequately prepare for finals.
The libraries were evacuated Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. and remained closed throughout the weekend with a few exceptions. College Library was reopened Saturday and other libraries were opened for limited hours on Sunday.
"I had papers due and no resources. It doesn't do me any good to have College (library) open. Tlie university isn't doing enough to help us finish finals," said Becky Rapchik, a freshman majoring in broadcast journalism and East Asian language studies.
Students unable to change departure plans are concerned about tak-
Edward Slagel / Dally Trojan
About 75 students rallied to either cancel finals or make exams optional.
ing finals in August, or accepting their current grade in the course.
"The university is expecting too much from the students," said Liz Torres, an undeclared freshman. Torres' flight home to Mexico City cannot be changed because there are no open flights until May 20, she said.
Other students felt that concern for the community was more important than concern for finals.
"We could leam more by helping clean up than studying for our finals. This is a historic event," said Saro Se-pilian, a junior majoring in accounting.
"The message the university is
sending out with this policy is that nothing happened, is that everything is all right. It's not the right message to be sending to the community," said Onna Burleson, a senior majoring in chemical engineering.
"If finals were cancelled, we could sign up for community cleanup in place of taking finals," Burleson said.
The rally was organized by Will Hammond, a junior majoring in business and resident of Regal Trojan, after he realized many people were as angry as he was about final exams.
"My building was shut down for three days. I stayed with friends but I (See Finals, page 10)